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I have been toying with Arduino and learning what I can, I have made a 3 axis magnetometer and a gpd using various tutorials.
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Ardupilot on the water
Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Yates Aug 14, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hi all I registered here because I thought the ardupilot might suit my application.I have seen loads of posts about the adupilot being used on the water but has anyone completed their projects that…Continue
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Steve Yates replied to James Carter's discussion Magnetometer Tutorial + Library"Is there any information on making the HMC5883L tilt compensated?
I need an accelerometer correct?
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Sebastian Gralla replied to Steve Yates's discussion Ardupilot on the water"arduino has an inbuild timer (you can acces it via "millis()")
it is really easy to get started, you can find a magnetometer in the diydrones shop
there are a lot of examples on the arduino homepage, like how to use timers, how to control…"
Steve Yates replied to Steve Yates's discussion Ardupilot on the water"I have done so much browsing that it no longer seems easy to me.
However originally I thought it would be. I don't want to use a button press because the whole thing is contained and waterproof.
There is already a pic controlled timer with…"
Sebastian Gralla replied to Steve Yates's discussion Ardupilot on the water"that would be pretty "easy" to achieve you would only need a compass sensor (magnetometer) and a normal arduino (or an ardupilot if you want to)
the ideo would be to point it in one direction (maybe hitting a switch?) where it saves the…"
Steve Yates posted a discussionArdupilot on the water
Hi all I registered here because I thought the ardupilot might suit my application.I have seen loads of posts about the adupilot being used on the water but has anyone completed their projects that may be able to help me? I am trying to control a kontiki which is semi submerged in the water and tethered to the beach and pulls a fishing line out to sea where the motor then stops and waits till you manually haul it back in again.I was hoping to use something like the ardupilot to steer to the…See More
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